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Humanitarian Response and DRR

16 Dec, 2021

Uttarakhand & Kerala

Our Response in Kerala and Uttarakhand

In Uttarakhand, floods and landslides in October claimed lives of 76 people. Districts such as Nainital, Pithoragarh, Almora, Champawat, and Uddham Singh Nagar were badly affected, with Nainital being...

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Private Sector Engagement

08 Dec, 2021

Beed, Maharashtra

One Sweet Step At A Time

The management of the Loknete Sundarrao Solanke Co-Operative Sugar Factory in Maharashtra's Beed district has taken the responsibility of registration of sugarcane cutters and promised education ...

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Economic Justice

06 Dec, 2021

Nalanda, Bihar

Hope For Small Business Owners

Twenty-nine-year-old Sangita Devi and her husband Jitendra Ram (aged 32 and a person with disability) are a Dalit couple from Barah village of Harnaut block in Nalanda, Bihar. They run a small shop fo...

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Women Livelihood

04 Dec, 2021

Nalanda, Bihar

Babita Devi: Becoming Self Reliant through Kitchen Garden

Faced with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Babita Devi found ways to make ends meet. When the economic situation of the family, especially their nutritional requirements, was in trouble ...

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Economic Justice

20 Nov, 2021

Nalanda, Bihar

Solar Lamps Light Up Futures

“Whenever I thought about studying at night, I was deterred by power cuts. Having received this solar lamp from HDFC bank, I can now study at night”, says Rakhi Kumari, a Dalit student in the 10th sta...

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Education

13 Nov, 2021

Bargarh, Odisha

Parents Pushback Against School Closure In Odisha

Brahmantal village in Odisha’s Bargarh district had an upper primary school that provided quality education and basic welfare (such as food and clothing) for the children of the village. Then came the...

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